fromXML(URL)

Hello,

I have the same problem. I thought the solution would be adding a XStream.fromXML(File), but maybe the XStream.fromXML(URL) that Ian suggests is more ellegant. I would vote for both, anyway.

I use XML files like this:

sample.xml
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE person SYSTEM "sample.dtd" [
<!ENTITY p SYSTEM "person.xml">
]>
<person>
&p;
</person>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

This file references an external DTD (sample.dtd) and an included XML (person.xml).

When you parse from InputStream or Reader, using XStream or directly a DocumentBuilder, referenced files (sample.dtd and person.xml) are not searched in the same folder as sample.xml, as it could be expected. I think they are searched in the classpath.

On the other hand, if you parse sample.xml using DocumentBuilder.parse(File) method, it looks for referenced files in the same folder.

If there was a XStream.fromXml(File) method, I could use it directly:

Person person = (Person) xstream.fromXml( new File("sample.xml") );

But, since it doesn't exist, I'm forced to do this:

Document doc = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().parse( new File("sample.xml") );
Person person = (Person) xstream.unmarshal( new DomReader(doc) );

Regards,
ranMa

Any update? This is really annoying!

@Magnus: This is open source and committers spend there free time. If it is your itch, provide a patch and unit tests! Otherwise wait.

Added both variants. Some parsers will take advantage of these objects for the SystemId. Available in HEAD.